{"id":363,"date":"2017-12-27T19:28:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T13:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2020-08-04T09:11:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T03:41:38","slug":"three-objects-of-decade-old-affection-part-i-the-gramophone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofmaterialmemory.com\/three-objects-of-decade-old-affection-part-i-the-gramophone\/","title":{"rendered":"Three objects of decades old affection. Part I: The gramophone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WORDS BY BELA KAPOOR<\/strong>
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY NAVDHA MALHOTRA & BELA KAPOOR
<\/strong>New Delhi, India<\/em>
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I have never known my nana<\/em>, my maternal grandfather. My maternal grandparents are people of whom I only know of from the stories that my mother, Chander Kanta and my father would tell us. My father spoke very highly of him. And that speaks volumes about a man- that your son-in-law could be in awe of you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My grandfather’s name was Sri Ram Puri and he worked as a State  Engineer with the royal families in Punjab and Rajasthan. He worked as a state engineer with Yadavindra Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala. He also worked with the Maharaja of Nabha (Yadavindra Singh’s cousin brother) and the Maharaja of Kota. I am unsure of the names of the Maharajas and which year he was where. This gramophone belonged to him. I first saw it at my parent\u2019s home in Chandigarh when I was a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n